Played for both: Five footballers at Chelsea and PSG this century

Following several subsequent changes of scene, it was at Chelsea (2008-12) where Anelka perhaps played his best football, with a Premier League and FA Cup double among his honours from 2010.

David Luiz
Now, here’s one player who divides opinion. Should a cultured, set-piece taking centre back, who looks just as adept if not better as a midfield anchorman, be indulged and given freedom to roam?

Luiz looked like the sale of the century last summer when Chelsea cashed in on him, and he then skippered Brazil to a shocking 7-1 World Cup semi-final demolition at the hands of eventual winners Germany.

While this is a stain on his character that will not come out in the wash, PSG purchased a player that won three trophies at the Bridge in as many seasons (2011-14). Luiz, a Champions League winner with the Blues in 2012, could come back to haunt Mourinho in this tie, and is 7/1 to score anytime.

See Sky Sports pundits and Luiz himself discussing his free-kick technique:

Mateja Kezman
Before Branislav Ivanovic and Nemanja Matic, Serbia supporters still had reason to cheer Chelsea as controversial striker Kezman spent the 2004/05 campaign in west London.

Prolific for PSV Eindhoven, he struggled to recapture that blistering form for Mourinho, so was moved on to Atletico Madrid. Next club Fenerbahce then loaned Kezman to PSG in 2008, and he made a permanent switch the following year before moving on yet again to Zenit St Petersburg.

Claude Makelele
We’ve perhaps saved the best until last. If you want a measuring stick for greatness in defensive midfield, then who better than the man who lends his name to this position, often colloquially called the ‘Makelele role’?

Easily the best of France’s Golden Generation to miss out on those 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000 triumphs, Makelele more than made up for that by becoming one of Real Madrid’s Galacticos.

Premier League fans were privileged to see him spend five seasons at Chelsea thereafter (2003-08). It wasn’t about goals, with Makelele grabbing just two in over 200 outings in Blue before ending his club career with PSG (2008-11) after winning back-to-back Premier League titles at the Bridge.

Check out this collector’s item from Makelele against London rivals Tottenham: